
General Information:

Chemical Formula:
(Ca,Fe,Y,Th)2Fe(Ti,Nb)3Zr2O7

Environment:
In sanidinite.

IMA Status:
Approved IMA

Locality:
Monte di Procida, Campi Felgrei, Campania, Italy.

Name Origin:
Named for its composition.
Physical Properties:

Cleavage:
[???] Indistinct

Color:
dark red or brown.

Density:
4.7

Diaphaniety:
Opaque

Habits:
Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline)., ,

Hardness:
5.5 - Knife Blade

Luster:
Resinous

Streak:
dark brown
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